Snapchat Is Now Verifying Famous Celebrities in the Coolest Way

Like Twitter's once coveted checkmark next to someone's handle, Snapchat is now verifying celebrity and notable users, Teen Vogue has exclusively learned. It's part of a new rollout called Official Stories, which will allow people to more easily identify interesting Stories. "If a Snapchatter has an Official Story, their name will appear under an Official Stories header when you search for them," reads a support article from the app.

In addition, these official Snapchatters will also have emojis next to their name so, as the support article says, "you know they’re the real deal!" A quick browse through the app reveals that Gigi Hadid, One Direction, and Justin Bieber have just entered this elite circle. When you scroll through your contacts list look to the far right — if there's an emoji there, they're real, if not, keep scrollin'! Gigi's emoji of choice are the lips, and the boys of 1D cleverly have the up arrow to the right of their handle.

Here's a pic of Gigi's banner, she's verified...

My friend Nick on the other hand is not official...

And here's where the emoji should be located...to the right...see onedirection

For now, this service is only available to a select group, but will be rolled out to additional users in the future. So go forth —discover some of Snapchat's best Official Stories, and users.